Todd Snider Todd Snider plus: Tejas Brothers Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:00 PM, Doors at 7:00 PM
Todd Snider
"Of all the young singer-songwriters out there, I think Todd Snider is the best.. by that I mean he has found a way to take his feelings and observations and turn them into songs that can get an audience...he won't quit til he gets the audience and he always gets the audience." - Jerry Jeff Walker
"Todd Snider is a true songwriter, with the heart and humor of John Prine, the wild unpredictability of Roger Miller, and a fresh, original spirit and freedom of imagination that's absolutely his own" - Kris Kristofferson
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The Campaign The Campaign plus: Hendrick, Comrade ALL AGES! Friday, May 16, 2008 9:00 PM, Doors at 8:00 PM
The Campaign
Basically, theCampaign has but one purpose. Goodness. Pure, unadulterated goodness. To this end, Paul Jenkins, Blaine Crews and Tyler Wood play their respective instruments, stopping at nothing to create an effective, musical, melodic and original experience. Coming out of Fort Worth, Texas, theCampaign's piano/bass/drum trio has a sound that is larger than three pieces. With three part harmonies and mastered performances from each player, each song is an instrument of it's own. Stylistically, theCampaign harkens back to a time when artists didn't have to be constrained by one regurgitated form, their style having only one identifiable common thread. Each song is an attempt to create catchy, loveable, soul inspired music, and theCampaign hopes you agree.
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Marcia Ball Marcia Ball plus: The Greencards Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:00 PM, Doors at 7:00 PM
Marcia Ball
Blues Revue declares, "Marcia Ball has an uncanny ability to synthesize all the sounds of the Texas-Louisiana border and deliver them with an honesty that makes it all seem natural and logical. She has this amazing power to light up a room."
Ball's singing, songwriting and piano playing, along with her foot-stomping, road-tested band, will move souls and feet together, creating a romping, stomping roadhouse full of heartfelt passion and fervent music for anyone within earshot.
Goes Good With: Delbert Mc Clinton, Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John, Janis Joplin CD World Sez: Equal parts of Boogie Woogie, Zydeco and Dance Hall Swing.
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Stephen Pearcy of RATT Stephen Pearcy of RATT plus: Dead Twins Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:00 PM, Doors at 7:00 PM
Stephen Pearcy
As the founder and lead singer of the popular rock band RATT, owner-Ceo of Top Fuel Records RATT, STEPHEN PEARCY led his band to multi-platinum success for over a decade.
Best known for their hit single "ROUND & ROUND" & the bands album "OUT OF THE CELLAR", (which became a triple platinum hit) catapulted them to multiple world tours (1984-1991) selling out stadiums & arenas.
During the career of RATT, the band had played over one thousand shows & sold 18 million records worldwide before disbanding in 1991.
Post RATT, Stephen began to explore other avenues including starting a new band called ARCADE in 1992 (with friend and Cinderella drummer FRED COURY) that signed to EPIC Records. Throughout the next few years following ARCADE Stephen stayed busy releasing "Before & Laughter" on Triple X Records in 2000 and then finished putting together his own record label - Top Fuel Records. 2008 kicks off with a new release from Stephen Pearcy, "Under My Skin".
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Scott McCurry Scott McCurry plus: Graham Wilkinson, Paul Renna, Catfish Whiskey Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:00 PM, Doors at 7:00 PM
Scott McCurry
For the skeptics seeking more than just run-of-the-mill power pop, The Scott McCurry Band has arrived. Perhaps it is unfair to use the phrase "Just Arrived", considering the Scott McCurry Band is putting the final touches on their third, full length LP, and have been bringing their raucous, energy filled live performances to beer-swilling audiences across the country, for the past six years. Scott has already played over 500 venues across the states from underground clubs in Dallas to the celebrity-studded Sundance Film Festival in Utah where Scott had a song in the movie “Walking with Freedom” and performed at Sundance.
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Guy Forsyth Guy Forsyth plus: Lonesome Spurs Friday, May 23, 2008 8pm, Doors at 7pm
Guy Forsyth: Austin, Texas-based guitarist, singer, interpreter and songwriter Guy Forsyth leads his own band, as well as the Asylum Street Spankers. A student of blues, blues-rock and other indigenous folk musics, Forsyth's quartet reinvigorates the blues-rock form. Forsyth sings with conviction while playing harmonica and some smoldering guitar - the band is loud, raw and raucous.
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Black Tie Dynasty Black Tie Dynasty plus: The Burning Hotels, The Demigs Saturday, May 24, 2008 9:00 PM, Doors at 8:00 PM
Any self-respecting child of the uber-days of new wave, the early 1980s, with its look-into-the-mirror-darkly synth and high drama dance tendencies, will immediately recognize the pitched personas that these Dallas lads inhabit like a second skin. Although some mistaken reviewers continue to lump them in the generic bin of Depeche Mode and the Cure for reasons unknown to me, they are a much better fit in the vinyl echoes of Ultravox and the Church, among others. The drums are subtly syncopated, precise yet not too stiffly preserved sounding, the vocals ebb and flow with dynamic tropes that Morrissey would admit to liking a helluva lot more than copycats inflexions Smoking Popes, the guitar whirls and writhes in sinewy U2 bent and fragile landscapes, and the song Tender is destined to be a big step towards a devoted following of boys with a tad bit of eyeliner make-up and girls with a tongue ready for metro sexual myopic men. Like Icelands endless days and nights, the chill is omnipresent, and the song titles brevity and directness are akin to titles for black and white photography: Midnight Sun, Antarctica, even Lakes. Each serves as a repository for both a wink at the past, when new romanticism and Goth and post-punk fishtailed into each other in pleasant dreams, and each also provides an amalgam of sounds that are both familiar and fleeting, as they should be. - Left Of The Dial Magazine.
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Black Angels Black Angels plus: Brothers and Sisters, True Widow Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:00 PM, Doors at 8:00 PM
Formed in May 2004 in Austin, TX, The Black Angels' psychedelically induced rock n' roll evokes the spirit of the 1960's while awakening the heavy droning rhythms inspired by The Velvet Underground. Picture a red moonlit night, deep in the heart of Texas, with the ghosts of Nico and Timothy Leary being called back from the dead to guide you on a journey through Heaven & Hell and back again.
The Black Angels are marching forward into battle for your souls.
turn on, tune in, drone out...
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Cory Morrow Cory Morrow plus: Rich O'Toole, Mo Robson Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00 PM, Doors at 7:00 PM
Cory Morrow
Country music recording artist Cory Morrow is probably best known as one of the most popular performers in Texas, working his way up from unknown songwriter in 1993 to current bona-fide household name on the Texas music scene and beyond.
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Eleven Hundred Springs Eleven Hundred Springs plus: Big Smith, The King Bucks Saturday May 31, 2008 8:00 PM Doors at 7pm
The members of Eleven Hundred Springs can’t find an easy way to describe their music, so they’ve taken to labeling themselves instead. But “long-haired, tattooed hippie freaks” doesn’t accurately convey the Dallas-based quintet’s appearance, much less its finely whittled sounds. Forced to try again, they resort to spouting this equation: Buck Owens x Doug Sahm x Rolling Stones x Willie Nelson. Here’s what it really is: original Texas country music in the Americana vein played with respect for esteemed elders but without falling into a time warp. It really has nothing to do with sounding like any particular act or style. The bandmates just do what sounds good to them. And they’ve learned it sounds pretty darned good to others as well.
Goes Good With: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver, Carl Perkins CD World Sez: The best partyin' old school renegade country hippie band.
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French Kicks French Kicks plus: Frightened Rabbit, Bridges and Blinking Lights Wednesday, June 4, 2008 9:00 PM, Doors at 8:00 PM
French Kicks
French Kicks are obsessed with possibility. For this band experimentation and self-discovery are the whole game, and the results of their continued explorations have set them in a category all their own, and earned them a dedicated audience. From the time they began as a raucous four piece with a singing drummer, to the more refined, intricate and subtle experimental pop band they are today, French Kicks have taken that experimentation always further, consistently trying to surprise and surpass themselves with each new chapter.
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The Vanished The Vanished plus: Darby, Mother's Anthem, We Heart the Violence Friday, June 6, 2008 8:00 PM, doors at 7:00 PM
The Vanished
Resting on the cusp of rock and roll and darkness are the resilient pop alliance The Vanished. Their sound reflects intricate melodies and climactic tones, complimented with a melancholy vocal styling. Each song’s lyrical allegory declares handsome misfortunes while honoring the integrity of rock music.
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Rocky Athas' Lightning & Nitzinger Rocky Athas' Lightning & Nitzinger plus: Randy Pavlock Saturday, June 7, 2008 9:00 PM, Doors at 8:00 PM
As Rocky says: "Thankfully, from 1974 to 1991, I grew as a songwriter and hopefully, you can tell from the song development! I was so inspired working with Walter, Lightning's most long term drummer and singer that we created a newfound love for the old material that I hope you hear in these recordings. I believe some of these old songs stand the test of time and I am proud to release them with all the new technology available. It was a real pleasure to revisit this material and I hope that you enjoy hearing it as much as I did creating it. Happy Listening!"
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Unique and one-of-a-kind, the SPCA of Texas’ Pet Flix Film Festival is an exciting and entertaining event that focuses on making our furry friends famous! What started out as a small film festival has now turned into a well-recognized community event, drawing pet and film enthusiasts from across Texas and surrounding states as well as filmmakers from California and New York. Films entered into the festival showcase animals of all types and consist of a wide variety of genres including dramas, mysteries, parodies, music videos and comedies, to name a few. The finalists’ films will be shown at the festival and prizes will be presented to the top three winners as chosen by celebrity judges.
The first and only humane organization that hosts this type of event, The SPCA of Texas is one of the country’s largest humane organizations that provides services for more than 30,000 homeless and abused animals each year and provides citizens of the Dallas Metroplex with low-cost veterinarian services. All event proceeds will benefit the programs and services of the SPCA. For more information on Pet Flix, visit www.petflix.org.
Goes Good With: A night of fun, films, family and laughter galore!
CD World Sez: SPCA of Texas Presents Premiere Pet Film Festival
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Maria Taylor Maria Taylor and Jonathan Rice plus: Nik Freitas Monday, June 9, 2008 9:00 PM, Doors at 8:00 PM
Maria Taylor
The first time Maria Taylor’s graceful voice was heard through our speakers, we knew it was love at first listen. On Azure Ray’s 2001 debut, she sang with a knowledge and a weariness that made us trust and believe her words, fragile tones fragmented through soft acoustic strumming and velvety textures. Skip forward four short years later to when Maria set off on her own for a while, resulting in the stunning solo album called 11:11. A critical smash that wrapped her now-familiar voice in everything from acoustic folk to electronic dream pop, the album established Maria as a master storyteller with a flare for perfect, harmony-soaked melodies.
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